I started reading a new book called Bleachers by John Grisham. It is a book about a high school football coach and how he has affected the lives of his players. The players in the book are reliving their glory days as their old coach, coach Rake, is dying of old age. Since the book talks a lot about the coach and his coaching techniques, I decided to do research about effective coaching. The first website that I read was http://www.topendsports.com/coaching/skills.htm, and it contained a lot of great information. According to the article, it is best not to send your player mixed messages by telling your team things one day, and something different another day. If you can do this, then your players will be able to trust what you say, which will contribute a lot to their learning capability. In addition, an effective coach is always honest with his or her team instead of making up lies about how good they are. Also, it is very important that a coach listens to his or her players. The coach needs to be there for a confused player who needs help to improve. This is a reliable source because it is written by two knowledgeable men that run a football program, and they are like teaching football players and coaches more about the game and how to be successful. In all, the authors are very experience
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The next site that I looked at was http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/coaching_main.html. The author says that a good trait of a coach is inspiring. Specifically, and coach needs to be able to inspire his or her players to think and work hard. In addition, effective coaching is when a coach facilitates improvement or even just good work and practice. Next, a coach's goal is to act as a guide and encourage excellence. This source is reliable because the author has been giving advice about many topics including coaching for over 10 years.
Great idea for further research! How do you think the old coach in the book fit their profiles of good coaching?
ReplyDeleteI think that the old coach in the book falls under the category of good coaching because he has many of the qualities listed above like inspiring and honest. In addition, the coach in the book, coach Rake, adds a little more to the definition of good coaching. He adds the idea of incorporating life lessons through football and it clearly affects his players because time and time again, his former players talk about how Rake was the most influential person in their lives. However, coach Rake's toughness can get out of control. For example, when he punches Neely during halftime of the state championship.
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